Engaging, educating, and employing our nation’s youth in conservation are major priorities for the Department of the Interior (Department), and in 2009 the Youth in the Great Outdoors (YGO) initiative was established.

Abstract: Maritime forests dominated by broadleaved evergreen trees and shrubs occur in a discontinuous narrow band along the barrier islands and on the adjacent mainland from North Carolina to Florida. The flora and fauna of maritime forests...

About a decade ago the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources developed a programmatic Safe Harbor Agreement for the Red-cockaded Woodpecker (RCW), encouraging conservation on non-Federal lands through technical assistance, funding, and...

This is a picture of Jay Slack, Director of the National Conservation Training Center, at the certified Nature Explore Outdoor Classroom ribbon cutting ceremony. The Children’s Tree House is the 1st certified Nature Explore Outdoor Classroom in...

This shows children playing outside with a wooden interactive toy at the Outdoor Nature Explore Classroom. The Children’s Tree House is the 1st certified Nature Explore Outdoor Classroom in the state of WV.

The National Conservation Training Center (NCTC) is home to the first certified Nature Explore Classroom in the state of West Virginia.
This classroom was constructed on the grounds of NCTC at the Children's Tree House Child Development Center...

DR. CARL LEOPOLD AT “ THE SHACK” Baraboo, Wisconsin By Buddy Huffaker and Steve Swenson September 11, 2003 MR. HUFFAKER: This is oral history about Aldo Carl Leopold. September 11, 2003. At the Leopold Shack and Farm. DR. LEOPOLD: Why...

Michael Field oral history interview as conducted by Mark Madison. Michael Field discusses growing up in Maine, where he went to college, and the experiences he had while working for the Randolph Mountain Club in New Hampshire.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service prepared this bibliography to assist those interested in the reestablishment and restoration of bottomland hardwood forests on previously disturbed sites such as abandoned farm land or surface-mined areas. ...

Woody Canaday and Tad Pfeffer oral history interview as conducted by Steve Chase. Woody Canaday and Tad Pfeffer share some of the experiences they had while working on the trail and hut crews at the Randolph Mountain Club. For more informaiton...